Talk:D.Gray-man/Archive 1

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Characters

I reckon that starting from the MAIN ARTICLE d.gray-man.. it is unreasonable that one needs to click thru 3 pages to get to Allen Walker, the protagonist of the anime adaptation. >Main page >List of D.gray-man characters >List of Black order members >allen walker So maybe bear this in mind, for future revisions. Thankyou for your attention.

Plot

Should we expand the plot and put it into a different page?

yes, do it please.82.31.81.245 19:37, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Total Episode Number

I seem to remember there being a consensus that for all anime where the end number of episodes was known, that number would be listed instead of listing the last one aired. I'm not sure as to whether or not it counts as a valid source, but Anime News Network has the series listed for 52 episodes: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=6764. It's had that number listed since at least mid-December. Well, the Project page has them listed as a reliable source, and various other series are structured this way (Darker than Black, Code Geass, Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS), so I went and changed it. Offkorn 05:59, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

  • theres rumors about 2ch saying ANN being chock full of errors. But when editing wiki, i think you can use your own personal judgement whether it is verficiable, accurate "this series has 52 episodes". Does the official homepage (japanese unfortunately) tell us hwo many epiosdes? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.110.144.151 (talk) 13:08, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
No need to refer to 2ch to know that ANN is full of errors, it's about as reliable as IMDB. The fact is, a single anime season generally consists of 26 episodes, with the seasons starting roughly in April and October. New series usually have 52 episodes (two full seasons / one full year) comissioned, and are often continued in such a manner (two-season blocks) if they are popular. Shows with poor ratings are usually truncated to between 46 and 51 episodes, or in some cases, shortened to a single season of 26 episodes, to allow for new replacement shows and potentially better ratings. 52 episodes of D.Gray-man were probably comissioned initially, and its ratings were deemed good enough to warrant the comissioning of another block of episodes (most likely 26 or 52). You might be able to find a press release with this info, though I'm not sure where the best source would be. Probably TMS Entertainment or TV Tokyo, especially if they have investor relations sections on their webpages. WtW-Suzaku 10:42, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

English Talk Rooms

For the little talk rooms in the manga, should we put them on some special page? Suicidal Lollipops 19:58, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Character Names

I don't think that its necessary for where Katsura got Tyki and Rhodes name in the plot. Suicidal Lollipops 15:12, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

2nd Season

It says in the main header that this series has been commissioned for a second season of episodes but there is no source to back up this claim. Does anyone have a reference to back this up Serton 15:49, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for adding the citation needed Serton 01:28, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
I was the one who added the fact tag, but someone deleted it. Good to see it's up again. I still haven't been able to find any sources. Something like this should be on AnimeNewsNetwork, so maybe we should just remove it altogether? SoulSlayer 20:49, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
On this page we have 52 episodes but on the episodes page there is a "listing" for 53 and beyond. Is the series just continuing rather than having a second series? Serton 10:43, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
Well, it's pretty obviously not a second series (there is no name change or any other reason to assume so), but it is certainly going into a third season. Anime doesn't just "continue" on an episode-by-episode basis (see my above explanation). They usually don't make a big deal out of announcing new seasons, or even the cancellation of a series. Most people are probably unaware of these details altogether, and I've seen people confuse "season" with "series", IE, assuming "three more seasons" means "three new series", as opposed to "roughly 78 more episodes". WtW-Suzaku 11:01, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

main page sections

ik im just a guy passin by and ik that most of you covet your areas of specilty, wheither it be certain series or what not, but what do you all think about adding a little more information to certain sections such as characters and terminology to make the main page look like less of a... link page, idk... just an idea i thought i'd throw in... i can help if someone would want... Ancientanubis, talk Editor Review 02:02, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

I think it's fine like this. No need to have the same information on multiple pages. SoulSlayer 20:52, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

Question

In Episode 66 of the Anime, in the last scene, the Earl makes a pretty solid statement that Allen is an Akuma, later showing a picture of an akuma with 'ALLEN WALKER' scratched on its head later.

Is this rectified later in the series? I haven't read up to where the Anime is.--Opacic (talk) 23:32, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Characters

I would think that a paragraph, it doesn't have to be long, but a paragraph under the heading "characters" to give an overview of what kinds of characters there are. So far I have this:

As the story progresses, Allen meets quite a few characters. Many of them are Exorcists, such as Lenalee Lee and Lavi,. But others are from the Clan of Noah, like Road Kamelot, Tyki Mikk, and Jasedebi. But a variety belong to neither group, like Komui Lee, Bak Chan and Fou.

Anyone is free to propose one, edit, or reject or accept the idea. itzjustdrama still new to this (talk) 23:38, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

A paragraph overview of the characters would be a very good idea :) X (manga) (GA) has an example of doing character sections in that manner if you'd like a guide. Collectonian (talk) 01:13, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
Yes, many similar pages have something like it. The problem is this would end up repeating a lot of what is under plot. I worry about being repetitive. I think that section needs to be reworked, though. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Itzjustdrama (talk • contribs) 23:09, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
It does some, unfortunately. I personally prefer a bulleted list, but the paragraph format is becoming more popular. Collectonian (talk) 00:13, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

I prefer a bulleted list too. But I'll keep it as a paragraph. I'll put up what I have because it's kind of annoying me to see a heading Characters and just a link underneath. itzjustdrama still new to this (talk) 00:15, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

VIOLENCE?

Is violence really a genre? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.58.96.135 (talk) 07:48, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Uh, no. Thanks for pointing that out, I've removed it. Collectonian (talk) 07:56, 12 April 2008 (UTC)